linking the remotest village in the State and the last person and family of the last line to the mainstream of development is the first priority of Chhattisgarh Government, said Chief Minister Dr Raman Singh.
Addressing a huge public meeting organised as a part of the Statewide Vikas Yatra at Janakpur, the block headquarters of Bharatpur in Korea district on Wednesday, the Chief Minister said, “Since last nine and half years we have made every possible effort for the development of each person in the State and its encouraging results are coming to the fore.”
The Chief Minister on the occasion performed bhumi poojan and dedicated 76 different construction works costing about Rs 76 crore to the people of the area, including 18 roads costing Rs 43 crore under the Prime Minister Gram Sadak Scheme.
Raman Singh assured the widening of 18-km long road linking the neighbouring Shahdol district of Madhya Pradesh. On the request of local peoples’ representative, the chief minister said that necessary action would be taken under the rules of the state government to give Nagar Panchayat status to Janakpur, if it has at least 5,000 population.
The Chief Minister accorded on the spot sanction for the construction of ITI building at Janakpur. He gave away materials and grant amount to about 4,000 beneficiaries under various welfare schemes of the state government, including free saris to two thousand woman tendupatta collectors, under the scheme of State laghu Vanopaj Sahkari Sangh.
Raman Singh distributed free solar lamp to about 1,000 villagers and free cycles and sewing machines to a large number of woman construction workers and implements to male workers. He also distributed forest rights recognition letters of about 250 villagers. Home, Jail and Cooperatives minister Nanki Ram Kanwar, Water Resources and Higher Education minister Ram Vichar Netam, MlA Phulchand Singh and other peoples’ representatives were present on the occasion.